Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ...

The U.S. has seen 35 executions so far in 2025, with seven more scheduled for later this month. This year's total already ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indic ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the Justice Department in April to pursue the death penalty against Mangione.

Lance Shockley is a Missouri prisoner on death row. Unless Gov. Mike Kehoe stays his pending execution, Shockley will be put to death in less than a week.

Roberson’s was the latest case from Texas to produce a small explosion of news coverage, one of many featuring celebrities ...

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to end the federal death penalty and eliminate mandatory minimum sentences, but some progressives say a potential pick for attorney general to carry out those ...